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Specifically -- I have a painful skin condition which appears only on my hands, for which there is absolutely no relief using over the counter creams, moisturizers, or gels.
I was once prescribed Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream by a dermatologist and it works absolute wonders.
The only thing that's ever worked.
I'm told it's not exactly eczema, and not exactly psoriasis -- though if you think along those lines you'll have a pretty good idea of what it's all about.
The bottom line for me is: I want to buy this cream without a prescription from a foreign country and have it shipped to my house.
I have heard that this kind of thing is possible.
Anybody have any tips? Google is a little too vague on this. I thank you, and my hands thank you.
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Wouldn't it be easier to go to a free or low-cost clinic and get a prescription? Not to mention safer (there are plenty of frauds online)?
It doesn't sound like the kind of thing that you can get high on. So I bet if you went in and showed your skin to them and told them that's what's worked in the past and you'd like a prescription for it, they'd be happy to prescribe it. Or if you have a friend who's a doctor, s/he would probably do it for you. That's the kind of thing my dad does for his friends without health insurance all the time-- give them a prescription for a treatment that seems sound to him that they know has worked before that is not dangerous (when I don't have insurance he writes me prescriptions for my albuterol inhaler, for instance.)
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I get really nervous when I hear people talking about buying prescription drugs online. You really have no idea where it's coming from, or what it's really made of, which is why buying drugs from Canada is so risky. You aren't necessarily getting what we make here for cheaper, you might not even get what you want at all.
I don't have any advice on how to get it, I'll just say if you do go along with that plan, be extremely careful about where you buy from.
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Yeah, well -- there's lots of reasons not to do it, or to go a more legitimate route. I've explored most of those options and this is what I'm left with, at the moment.
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May I ask what the problem is? It will probably end up being just as expensive to order it online, if you buy from a reputable source.
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The problem is I can't afford the visit to a doctor to get the prescription, or maybe I could but it would be a major sacrifice -- and since I already know what's wrong and I already know what will fix it, it's a sacrifice I'm not willing to make... It just -- would be awfully hard.
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That's why I suggested a free clinic or a doctor friend. Heck, if you were near me, I'd give you my dad's phone number. But an out of state prescription is sometimes difficult to fill.
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If it's available here, I could do it - all (as far as I know and have experienced, which does not include narcotics here) drugs are available without a prescription. But there are a few potential problems.
Some prescription drugs require storage at specific temperature ranges, ie 15C to 25C, or only under 15C or only below 25C. That is seldom done on a consistent basis in a country such as this one.
A friend of mine, when he was diagnosed with colon cancer, was told that, if he could get treatment in his home country (the UK), that he would be better off doing so because of the quality of the drugs. There's a significant enough difference in storage temperatures (which includes transit temperatures) that he'd have a significantly higher chance of survival with the exact same drugs in the UK as opposed to here.
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TL, if you are willing to post your general location, we can find a free or sliding scale clinic in the surrounding area for you.
I wouldn't buy online. Even though the country you think you are buying from might be perfectly safe (such as Canada), with an internet transaction, you never know if the seller is where he or she says he or she is.
So the production might be unregulated, and as quid says, the processing might damage the meds. Plus, there have been some documented horror stories of nasty or useless substitutions (again, lack of oversight and regulation).
If you know a physician who can prescribe for you anywhere in the US, generally the script can go to a large chain (such as Walgreen's) and filled in another state.
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